Improvement in oil-cans



J. RHU'LB, Jr.

Oil-Gan.

Patented Sept. 9,1879.'

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEYS.

-N.PE|ERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAPHER, WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JACOB RHULE, JR, OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

IMPROVEMENT IN OIL-CANS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 219,522, dated September 9, 1879 application filed March 5, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JACOB RHULE, Jr., of Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Oil-Can, of which the following; is a specification.

Figure 1 is a sectional. elevation of the can. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on line a: w. Fig. 3 is a side view of the stopper.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to provide a safe and convenient receptacle for oil; and it consists in providing an oil-can with a stopper which, if the can he accidentally overturned, will not allow the oilto escape.

In the drawings, A represents a glass bottle B, a sheet-metal stand fitted to the bottom of the bottle, and G a sheet-metal ring fitted around the shoulder of the bottle.

The stand and ring are connected and held in position by rods a a, that also serve to protect the sides of the bottle from injury.

The stand B has an open center, on which the bottom of the bottle rests, and a lower flange projecting downward and outward to form the support of the can and protect the battom of the bottle from contact with any surface upon which the can is set.

Between the bottle A and metal stand B and ring 0 a layer of felt or like material, I),

' is placed, to further protect the bottle from accidental blows.

The stopperD is also made of metal and is cylindrical and hollow, and as that portion of.

it a washer or ring, f, of rubber, cork, or other elastic compressible material. Project ing downward through the stopper is the alve-rod E, that is held in a vertical position "the drawings, no oil can escape from the can;

but when the valve is moved from its seat by pressure upon the head G of the valve-rod, the contents of the can may be poured outthrough the spout H. The stopper is held to the can by the hooked rods 11 z" engaging in the staples 0 0.

This can, it is obvious, cannot leak, and therefore will not soil anything in contact with it, and if it were overturned no oil could run from it. There is no chance of the stopper becoming loose. Lamps can be easily filled from it, and at all times one can see the amount of oil in it.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The metal stopper D, provided with the spout H, the spring-acted valve F, operated by the rod E, the elastic washer or ring f, and the rods '5, pivoted to its sides, in combination with the bottle A and the staple D, attached to the ring 0 of the jacket, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

JACOB RHULE, JR.

Witnesses:

J. J. STANDLEY, WM. LAYCOOK. 

